Tag Archive: Barack Obama

At this point, you’re sure to have seen the exquisite portraits of the Obamas unveiled today at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Like the Obamas’ place in history, the portraits represent a vibrant, exhilarating departure from a largely…Read more

In 1935, Sinclair Lewis said, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” And so it will, and maybe so it has. Roy Moore’s Alabama fans, like some of Donald Trump’s, are the sort…Read more

In my recent post on the conservative Koch-led Americans for Prosperity, a reader wrote in a comment, “The lesson is to always keep attacking and never let them catch their breath.” Indeed the organization should be blasted for many of…Read more

Ten years ago tonight, we did something incredibly fun. New Jersey’s presidential primary is always so late that we don’t matter. So to fix that, on Dec. 7, 2007, we launched the New Jersey Democratic Presidential Caucus. It didn’t count….Read more

Since our current president is determined to starve the Affordable Care Act, without regard to the impact on the health of millions, it falls to President Obama, who is willing to do more to keep you informed than the guy…Read more

The headline above, from Washington Post, is all for context. If you want to learn about priorities in this country’s spending, and who is served – and I include the willing spending on Viagra over pregnancy and birth control costs –…Read more

Well now, everything’s coming up Newark, isn’t it? First, we heard yesterday that the Christie administration would endorse Newark as its pick for the four cities vying for Amazon’s second headquarters. And today, we hear that President Barack Obama will…Read more

Of course, the DNC being practiced in defensive posture, denies that Chair Tom Perez’ decision to teach at his alma mater Brown University constitutes a second job, pointing out it’s just “7 lectures” over “4 months.” That’s what DNC says. Brown says it’s…Read more

For comparison to our current president, who sanctions white supremacists waging violence and surrounds himself with those who admire neo-Nazis – and brags that he owns a big winery in Charlottesville but has no plans to go soothe that city…Read more